Five reasons to fund the Global Fund.

摘要

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is at a crossroads. Last week saw the release of the final report of the high-level independent review panel on fiduciary controls and oversight mechanisms at the Fund. The panel was set up in March to look at the way in which the Fund operates following allegations of grant fraud in several recipient countries. The panel's report makes six broad recommendations. It calls for the Fund to move from an emergency to sustainable response, strengthen internal governance, streamline its grant approval process, develop and adopt a new risk-management framework, empower middle management's decision making, and focuson results. Under each theme, the panel lists practical steps to betaken—eg, develop basic standards in the rules of fiduciary documentation and ethical behaviour.